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Portuguese courts must review and confirm foreign divorce conversion judgments for Portuguese spouses.

Case Number 079030
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Supreme Court of Justice ruled that Portuguese tribunals are obligated to review and confirm foreign judgments converting separation into divorce for Portuguese citizens. The case involved a foreign sentence attempting to alter the marital status of two Portuguese spouses. The court established that such foreign decisions require domestic judicial scrutiny before gaining effect in Portugal.

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REVISÃO DE SENTENÇA ESTRANGEIRA DIVORCIO CONVERSÃO DA SEPARAÇÃO EM DIVORCIO

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foreign judgment review divorce conversion separation to divorce Portuguese citizenship judicial confirmation civil procedure family law

Cited Legislation

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Art. 54.º do Código de Processo Civil
Art. 1.º da Lei n.º 10/2002

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00003863

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ199006060790301

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECURSO] 2834/89

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECURSO] T REL LISBOA

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/B7F21A2AB4A751EE802568FC003970CF?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Deve ser objecto de revisão e confirmação pelos tribunais portugueses a sentença estrangeira que converteu a separação em divorcio, relativamente a conjuges, cidadãos portugueses.